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Article: Eamon De Valera: The Man Who Was Ireland.
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- February 20, 1995
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1995--Both revered and reviled as the de facto ruler of Ireland for much of the Twentieth Century, Eamon De Valera is the most influential figure in recent Irish history.
The effects of his half-a-century rule, from his part in the Irish Civil War, his economic views, and his collusion with the Roman Catholic Church, have left an indelible mark on the political and social profile of the Irish Republic. Now, in EAMON DE VALERA: The man Who Was Ireland (HarperCollinsPublishers; Feb. 25, 1995: $30.00) journalist, broadcaster, and leading pundit of Ireland, Tim Pat Coogan details the life and time of de Valera in the definitive ...